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Doubts cast team's prospects of resolving human rights cases in Papua
Tabloid JUBI - June 17, 2016
Yunus Wonda, Chairman of Papua Legislative Council, told reporter on Thursday (16/6/2016) in Jayapura that he was pessimistic the Indonesian Government could resolve such cases in Papua.
"The team would not able resolving such cases though by involving some human rights observers, since the Ministry of Political, Legal and Security Affairs is not an independent institution," he said.
He said although the government's team had some data, he believed it would not gain trust from other countries. "The Government can give anything in funding for Papua, but still it wouldn't solve the problem because it didn't reveal the root [of the problem]. We hope a resolution for Papua could be found through dialogue," he said.
He said he totally agreed if the human rights issue could be resolved collectively by involving the National Human Rights Commission. If so, Indonesia would be recognized in the international community as being capable in solving the cases of human rights violations.
As an example, he pointed if he murdered someone, and then personally pointed himself to resolve the problem, it's just not right.
"Therefore, the team that consisting of Minister of Political, Legal and Security Affairs, General Attorney and National Human Rights Commission and some human right observers would be useless, because the world would not recognize their work," said Wonda.
Earlier, Papua legislator Laurenzus Kadepa said he was pessimistic if the Government would resolve the cases of human rights violations in the past and present, though President Joko Widodo has asked the Coordinating Minister of Political, Legal and Security Affairs and other institution for tacking it. Papuans shouldn't have expectations to the State.
"I am not sure if the Government had good intention to resolve the human rights violations in Papua properly. Despite finding resolution, it refused to admit that human rights violations were truly occurred. I am not sure the Government would recognize the human rights violations whether it was occurred in the past or present," Kadepa told reporter on April.
Meanwhile, Papua Governor Lukas Enembe expressed his disappointment after holding a closed meeting with the Coordinating Minister of Political, Legal and Security Affairs to discuss about the alleged human rights violations in Papua at the minister's office in Jakarta.
Attended in the meeting were including Papua Police Chief, the Chairman of Papua Legislative Council, Cenderawasih Military Commander, the Chairman of Papua People's Assembly, National Human Rights Commission Papua Representative, Coalition for Human Rights Violations in Papua.
This meeting was to follow up the Focus Group Discussion on Documentation of Alleged Human Rights Violations from 15, 18 and 10 April that was held in Jayapura City and attended by the civil society groups concerned to human rights violations issues. Papua Police and National Human Rights Commission Papua Representative Office facilitated the FGD.
"The Central Government couldn't resolve the human rights issues in Papua. It must be handed over to Papuans to solve it through the customary law. It's still need to be discussed," said Governor Enembe on April.
He disappointed with this meeting and considered the Government is not capable in solving the human right issues in Papua. (Arjuna Pademme/rom)
Source: http://tabloidjubi.com/eng/doubts-cast-teams-prospects-of-resolving-human-rights-cases-in-papua/.
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